MLB.com's Carrie Muskat has been covering Major League Baseball since 1981 and is the author of "Banks to Sandberg to Grace: Five Decades of Love and Frustration with the Cubs." You can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. Here, she blogs about the Cubs.

10/3 Cubs lineup

Starlin Castro will start and play in his 162nd game on Wednesday as the Cubs close the season against the Astros. Here’s the lineup:

Pretty sad White about some comments but not surprised. Thanks and same to you!! Hope to see you commenting often over the winter…it’s gonna be a looooong offseason, WITH PLENTY OF OPTIMISM AND OPINIONS!!! Carrie will no doubt give some headlines to discuss.

With all due respect White…we have ANOTHER real Cubs fan in Heaven….God rest his weary Cubs’ soul and may he OPINE all he wants without any vulgar criticism. I know my mom will politley share some thoughts with him. And Carrie….THANKS FOR THE BEST BLOG IN ALL OF CUBDOM!!!!!

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